[netCDF #KRB-849418]: netCDF versions

Hi Eve-Marie,

> I hope this email finds you well.
> I have an unusual project where I need to replicate on a linux cluster
> what is at NCEP on their IBM production machine. The versions they have
> in production is netCDF 3.5.0 which is 10 years old. (sight...) I
> actually can't get it to compile on my linux cluster.
> 
> I really need to make sure that the results will be the same in their
> scientific experiments and I was wondering if I should just try 3.5.1 or
> if using the latest (3.6.2) should give me the exact same answers. I am
> guessing most of the improvements are bug fixes and that it would be
> safe to use the latest but I need to make sure it would be indeed the
> same and that I wouldn't hit precisions issues for example.
> 
> Would you be able to shed some light on this or point me to some useful
> resources?

I recommend using the latest version available, netCDF-4.1.2, and if you only 
want
netCDF-3 capabilities, build it with the configure option --disable-netcdf-4.  
Also
if you have no need for the OPeNDAP remote access client now built into the 
library
even for netCDF-3 data, you can also use the configure option --disable-dap.  
That
will get you all the bug fixes in netCDF-3.6.3 as well as others for netCDF-3 
that
are only available in the netCDF-4 source distribution.  The new version has 
been
extensively tested, and even builds easily on cygwin platforms.  Get it from 
here:

  ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.gz

--Russ


Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KRB-849418
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed